History and boundaries edit
The constituency was created in 1921 by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 as a 6-seat constituency for the Southern Ireland House of Commons and a two-seat constituency for the United Kingdom House of Commons at Westminster, combining the former Westminster constituencies of Dublin Pembroke , Dublin Rathmines , North Dublin and South Dublin .[1] 1921 election for the Southern Ireland House of Commons, the four seats were won uncontested by Sinn Féin, who treated it as part of the election to the Second Dáil . It was never used as a Westminster constituency; under s. 1(4) of the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 , no writ was to be issued "for a constituency in Ireland other than a constituency in Northern Ireland".[2] 1922 United Kingdom general election on 15 November 1922, shortly before the Irish Free State left the United Kingdom on 6 December 1922.
It was restructured by the Electoral Act 1923 , the first electoral act of the new state, becoming an 8-seat constituency, first used at the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil . It was revised at subsequent revisions, taking into account changes in the boundary and city, before its abolition at the 1969 general election . It was replaced by Dublin County North and Dublin County South .
Throughout its history the constituency consisted primarily of the area of County Dublin , excluding the area of Dublin city. However, at various points it also included some territory from within the boundaries of Dublin City.
Changes to the Dublin County constituency 1921–1969 Years TDs Boundaries Notes 1921–1923 6 County Dublin Combining the former divisions of Pembroke , Rathmines , North Dublin and South Dublin 1923–1937 8 County Dublin[3] 1937–1948 5 County Dublin, and the following townlands or portions of townlands in the County Borough of Dublin: Annefield, Crumlin, Kimmage (parish of Crumlin), Kimmage (parish of Rathfarnham), Larkfield, Newtown Little, Priesthouse, Rathfarnham, Saint Lawrence, Simmonscourt, Stannaway, Terenure and Tonguefield[4] In 1930, the urban districts of Pembroke and Rathmines and Rathgar were transferred from the county to the city[5] Dublin Townships constituency. 1937–1948 3 The Beann Eadair ward of the county borough of Dublin; and County Dublin, except the parts in the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency and the portion lying to the east of a line drawn commencing at the point on the boundary of that county where Killester Avenue meets Malahide Road and thence in a south-westerly direction along Malahide Road to the boundary of the county, which was in the Dublin North-East constituency[6] Howth was transferred from the county to the city in 1942,[7] 1961–1969 5 County Dublin, except the parts in the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency; and the part of the Ballyfermot ward in the county borough of Dublin which is not included in the Dublin South-West Area transferred from Dublin North-East and part of Ballyfermot transferred from the former Dublin South 1969 — Constituency abolished Divided into Dublin County North (4 seats) and Dublin County South (3 seats)
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections edit
1965 general election edit 1965 general election : Dublin County[8] [31] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Patrick Burke 9,737 20.9 1 1 Fianna Fáil Kevin Boland 9,183 19.7 2 1 Labour Seán Dunne 6,953 14.9 3 Fine Gael Mark Clinton 5,872 12.6 5 Fine Gael Éamon Rooney 3,951 8.5 Fianna Fáil Des Foley 3,367 7.2 4 Fine Gael James McMahon 2,876 6.2 Fianna Fáil Seán Walsh 2,858 6.1 Labour Michael Gannon 1,763 3.8 Electorate: 73,571 Valid: 46,560 Quota: 7,761 Turnout: 63%
1961 general election edit 1961 general election : Dublin County[8] [30] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Patrick Burke 7,651 21.9 1 1 Fianna Fáil Kevin Boland 7,438 21.3 2 1 Fine Gael Éamon Rooney 4,355 12.5 3 Independent Seán Dunne 3,711 10.6 4 Fine Gael Mark Clinton 3,380 9.7 5 Fianna Fáil Seán Walsh 1,989 5.7 Fine Gael James McMahon 1,831 5.2 Labour Michael Gannon 1,780 5.1 Labour Patrick T. Murphy 1,596 4.6 Fine Gael Sidney McCann 1,162 3.3 Electorate: 58,706 Valid: 34,893 Quota: 5,816 Turnout: 62%
1957 general election edit 1954 general election edit 1954 general election : Dublin County[8] [28] [32] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 Fianna Fáil Patrick Burke 25.9 10,221 Labour Seán Dunne 23.5 9,290 9,714 11,548 Fine Gael Éamon Rooney 21.6 8,533 11,991 Fianna Fáil Kevin Boland 18.3 7,238 7,499 7,779 Fine Gael Roland Burgess 10.7 4,223 Electorate: 57,619 Valid: 39,505 Quota: 9,877 Turnout: 68.6%
1951 general election edit 1951 general election : Dublin County[32] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 Fianna Fáil Patrick Burke 23.7 7,167 7,177 7,245 7,282 8,444 Labour Seán Dunne 23.3 7,023 7,066 7,609 Fine Gael Éamon Rooney 20.0 6,048 7,040 7,681 Fianna Fáil Kevin Boland 19.3 5,821 5,838 5,893 5,924 6,430 Fianna Fáil David Byrne 5.6 1,700 1,704 1,732 1,792 Clann na Poblachta McEllistrum O'Rahilly 4.5 1,350 1,380 Fine Gael Richard Williams 3.7 1,102 Electorate: 43,934 Valid: 30,211 Quota: 7,553 Turnout: 68.76%
1948 general election edit 1948 general election : Dublin County[32] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fianna Fáil Patrick Burke 32.0 8,092 Fine Gael Éamon Rooney 20.5 5,179 5,239 5,283 5,941 6,075 6,540 Labour Seán Dunne 15.9 4,029 4,154 4,202 4,233 4,393 5,242 Clann na Poblachta Christopher McGonagle 14.5 3,662 3,705 4,290 4,311 4,367 4,578 Fianna Fáil Thomas Watkins 6.6 1,662 1,835 1,849 1,886 Fianna Fáil David Byrne 4.7 1,193 2,531 2,549 2,563 3,985 Fine Gael John Joseph Sheedy 3.0 765 776 785 Clann na Poblachta Laurence J. O'Connor 2.9 726 740 Electorate: 35,549 Valid: 25,308 Quota: 6,328 Turnout: 71.19%
1947 by-election edit A by-election was held to fill the seat left vacant by death of the Fianna Fáil TD Patrick Fogarty . It was won by Seán MacBride of Clann na Poblachta .
1947 by-election : Dublin County[8] [32] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 Fianna Fáil Thomas Mullins 28.8 16,261 17,399 20,197 Clann na Poblachta Seán MacBride 28.4 16,062 21,755 29,629 Fine Gael Éamon Rooney 25.0 14,116 15,361 Labour Seán Dunne 17.8 10,067 Electorate: 105,286 Valid: 56,506 Quota: 28,254 Turnout: 53.67%
1944 general election edit Full figures of the last nine counts are unavailable. Ó Droighneáin, Lynch, Bennett and FitzGeraldall lost their deposits.
1944 general election : Dublin County[8] [24] [33] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fianna Fáil Seán Brady 22.8 14,493 Fine Gael Liam Cosgrave 19.4 12,322 Fianna Fáil Patrick Fogarty 13.3 8,455 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 10,905 Fine Gael Henry Morgan Dockrell 10.2 6,488 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 10,698 Independent Patrick Belton 8.2 5,199 Fianna Fáil Michael O'Rourke 7.6 4,798 Fianna Fáil Patrick Burke 6.3 3,997 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 11,049 Labour James Tunney 4.4 2,777 Fine Gael Desmond FitzGerald 3.1 1,978 Labour Louisa Bennett 2.4 1,509 Labour Gilbert Lynch 1.4 885 Ailtirí na hAiséirghe Oisín Ó Droighneáin 1.0 607 Electorate: 99,754 Valid: 63,508 Quota: 10,585 Turnout: 63.7%
1943 general election edit Full figures for the third to the fourteenth counts are unavailable. Hickey, Costelloe, Ennis, Owens, Bobbett, Roe, O'Farrell and Watkins all lost their deposits.
1943 general election : Dublin County[8] [23] [33] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Fianna Fáil Seán Brady 22.7 15,299 Fine Gael Liam Cosgrave 16.5 11,099 11,160 N/A N/A 11,392 Fianna Fáil Patrick Fogarty 13.0 8,779 11,720 Fine Gael Henry Morgan Dockrell 10.2 6,882 6,917 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 12,496 Independent Patrick Belton 5.9 3,990 4,049 N/A Fianna Fáil Michael O'Rourke 4.9 3,303 3,892 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8,777 Labour Christopher Hannigan 4.7 3,176 3,213 N/A Fianna Fáil Thomas Watkins 4.4 2,954 3,154 N/A Labour James Tunney 4.4 2,932 2,957 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9,306 Labour J. T. O'Farrell 3.9 2,654 2,693 N/A Fine Gael Patrick Roe 2.7 1,815 1,827 N/A Clann na Talmhan Elizabeth F. Bobbett 1.6 1,108 1,121 N/A Labour Gerard Owens 1.5 1,018 1,033 N/A Fine Gael Mary Ennis 1.4 969 985 N/A Independent William J. Costelloe 1.3 881 910 N/A Clann na Talmhan Patrick J. Hickey 0.7 455 463 N/A Electorate: 99,754 Valid: 67,314 Quota: 11,220 Turnout: 67.5%
1938 general election edit 1938 general election : Dublin County[8] [22] [33] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fianna Fáil Seán Brady 22.1 13,085 Fine Gael Henry Morgan Dockrell 15.0 8,900 8,989 8,989 9,028 9,115 9,774 Fine Gael Patrick Belton 14.8 8,750 8,794 8,794 8,841 8,900 10,039 Fianna Fáil Patrick Fogarty 12.9 7,660 9,965 Fine Gael Cecil Lavery 12.1 7,185 7,226 7,228 7,305 7,406 8,435 Labour Martin O'Sullivan 9.4 5,564 5,617 5,618 6,009 6,127 Fianna Fáil Thomas Mullen 7.3 4,307 4,629 4,648 5,007 7,677 9,568 Fianna Fáil Andrew McCarthy 4.4 2,580 2,874 2,937 3,173 Independent George Gilmore 2.1 1,224 1,285 1,289 Electorate: 87,033 Valid: 59,255 Quota: 9,876 Turnout: 68.1%
1937 general election edit 1937 general election : Dublin County[8] [21] [33] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fianna Fáil Seán Brady 19.1 11,096 Fine Gael Henry Morgan Dockrell 18.7 10,828 Labour Gerrard McGowan 11.1 6,412 6,454 6,465 6,672 6,792 6,962 7,111 7,633 9,306 Fianna Fáil Margaret Mary Pearse 10.7 6,204 6,651 6,653 6,743 6,755 6,826 6,857 Fianna Fáil Patrick Fogarty 10.4 6,048 6,907 6,913 7,009 7,145 7,193 7,209 12,700 Independent Patrick Belton 9.5 5,497 5,519 5,569 5,830 6,236 6,594 7,544 7,874 8,205 Fine Gael Cecil Lavery 8.0 4,633 4,645 5,196 5,435 6,863 10,808 Fine Gael Gearóid O'Sullivan 6.9 3,991 3,999 4,100 4,221 4,700 Fine Gael James Ennis 3.5 2,002 2,015 2,440 2,633 Independent John Corr 2.2 1,255 1,286 1,306 Electorate: 83,457 Valid: 57,966 Quota: 9,662 Turnout: 69.5%
1935 by-election edit A by-election was held to fill the seat left vacant by death of the Fine Gael TD Batt O'Connor . It was won for Fine Gael by Cecil Lavery .
1933 general election edit 1933 general election : Dublin County[8] [19] [33] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Fianna Fáil Seán MacEntee 17.3 15,644 Cumann na nGaedheal Henry Morgan Dockrell 12.9 11,710 Cumann na nGaedheal John A. Costello 12.1 10,941 Fianna Fáil Seán Brady 11.7 10,626 Independent John Good 9.9 8,916 8,937 9,458 9,525 9,532 9,565 10,145 Cumann na nGaedheal Gearóid O'Sullivan 7.8 7,030 7,057 7,287 7,428 7,431 7,469 7,926 7,940 8,133 9,439 11,126 Cumann na nGaedheal Batt O'Connor 6.4 5,816 5,849 6,147 6,326 6,330 6,384 6,762 6,787 7,195 9,379 12,609 Cumann na nGaedheal John P. O'Connor 4.3 3,898 3,915 4,052 4,109 4,112 4,132 4,330 4,341 4,498 Fianna Fáil Margaret Mary Pearse 4.3 3,876 6,442 6,444 6,445 6,606 6,698 6,812 6,813 7,933 8,023 8,078 8,164 8,199 Labour Patrick Curran 3.6 3,227 3,429 3,437 3,469 3,539 4,139 4,244 4,248 National Centre Party James Rooney 3.1 2,833 2,856 2,870 2,882 2,885 2,901 Fianna Fáil Thomas Mullen 2.8 2,520 5,142 5,144 5,146 5,451 5,557 5,627 5,628 7,126 7,179 7,299 7,370 7,409 Cumann na nGaedheal James Ennis 2.8 2,491 2,506 2,950 3,346 3,354 3,381 4,310 4,348 4,738 5,445 Labour Archie Heron 1.0 924 991 994 997 1,008 Electorate: 117,807 Valid: 90,452 Quota: 10,051 Turnout: 76.8%
1932 general election edit 1932 general election : Dublin County[8] [18] [33] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Cumann na nGaedheal Henry Morgan Dockrell 14.0 11,332 Fianna Fáil Seán MacEntee 13.0 10,496 Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Finlay 11.3 9,096 Fianna Fáil Seán Brady 10.4 8,386 8,392 9,236 Independent John Good 8.7 7,048 7,571 7,578 7,589 7,590 7,597 7,610 7,645 7,744 7,859 8,759 8,804 9,482 Cumann na nGaedheal Batt O'Connor 8.4 6,804 7,115 7,141 7,184 7,186 7,201 7,239 7,284 8,359 8,671 9,312 Cumann na nGaedheal Gearóid O'Sullivan 5.8 4,668 4,857 4,862 4,891 4,892 4,909 4,985 4,998 5,383 5,488 5,765 5,922 6,304 6,432 7,618 8,136 Independent William Crawford 4.0 3,194 3,336 3,344 3,347 3,348 3,358 3,419 3,428 3,502 3,590 3,790 3,805 4,142 4,275 Labour Patrick Curran 3.4 2,768 2,774 2,794 2,795 2,800 2,813 3,198 3,294 3,323 4,714 4,876 4,891 5,372 5,397 5,963 7,609 Independent John P. Cuffe 3.2 2,607 2,640 2,654 2,657 2,661 2,689 2,733 2,800 2,872 3,055 3,431 3,462 Independent Joseph Murphy 3.2 2,548 2,632 2,661 2,668 2,669 2,686 2,737 2,760 2,905 3,055 Cumann na nGaedheal John P. O'Connor 2.9 2,308 2,426 2,435 2,445 2,448 2,472 2,500 2,519 Fianna Fáil Pádraic Ó Máille 2.7 2,195 2,196 2,497 2,498 2,595 3,175 3,230 4,364 4,444 4,603 4,737 4,782 5,078 5,115 5,313 Labour John M. Devitt 2.6 2,093 2,102 2,117 2,118 2,121 2,144 2,587 2,622 2,861 Cumann na nGaedheal James Ennis 2.3 1,881 2,799 2,804 2,825 2,826 2,839 2,850 2,945 3,200 3,357 3,540 3,579 4,310 4,408 5,666 5,893 Fianna Fáil Richard Duke 1.6 1,262 1,285 1,385 1,385 1,474 1,659 1,694 Labour Robert Tynan 1.5 1,242 1,244 1,253 1,253 1,253 1,263 Fianna Fáil Thomas O'Donnell 0.9 756 758 897 898 961 Electorate: 115,156 Valid: 80,684 Quota: 8,965 Turnout: 70.1%
1930 by-election edit A by-election was held on 9 December 1930 to fill the seat in the 6th Dáil which had been left vacant by the death of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Bryan Cooper . It was won for Cumann na nGaedheal by Thomas Finlay .
September 1927 general election edit September 1927 general election : Dublin County[8] [16] [33] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Cumann na nGaedheal Bryan Cooper 21.4 15,462 Cumann na nGaedheal Gearóid O'Sullivan 14.3 10,343 Cumann na nGaedheal Desmond FitzGerald 12.8 9,227 Fianna Fáil Seán MacEntee 8.3 5,954 5,971 5,983 5,993 6,614 7,878 9,147 Fianna Fáil Seán Brady 7.8 5,658 5,665 5,676 5,679 6,035 8,056 Independent Joseph Murphy 5.8 4,207 4,880 5,037 5,102 5,253 5,302 5,918 6,158 6,498 7,470 Independent Patrick Belton 5.4 3,922 3,970 4,032 4,052 4,369 4,580 5,446 5,841 6,071 6,239 Independent John Good 5.1 3,679 6,291 6,408 6,487 6,527 6,580 6,857 6,885 7,182 8,196 Labour Thomas Johnson 5.0 3,626 3,786 3,858 3,894 4,139 4,286 Fianna Fáil Robert Brennan 5.0 3,591 3,611 3,626 3,634 3,892 Cumann na nGaedheal Joseph O'Neill 3.3 2,352 3,301 4,109 4,351 4,400 4,415 4,667 4,696 Irish Worker League James Larkin Jnr 2.9 2,126 2,163 2,184 2,193 Cumann na nGaedheal Batt O'Connor 2.9 2,057 4,973 6,018 6,750 6,805 6,821 7,242 7,284 10,637 Electorate: 100,840[34] Valid: 72,204 Quota: 8,023 Turnout: 71.6%
1927 by-election edit A by-election was held on 14 August 1927 to fill the seat in the 4th Dáil which had been left vacant by the assassination on 10 July of the Minister for Justice , Cumann na nGaedheal TD Kevin O'Higgins . The election was won for Cumann na nGaedheal by Gearóid O'Sullivan , who won nearly 70% of the first-preference votes.
June 1927 general election edit Full figures for counts 5 to 18 are not available. Eight candidates lost their deposits (Tench, Morris, Byrne, Brennan, Guinness, McCabe, Rooney and Lynn).
June 1927 general election : Dublin County[8] [14] [33] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Cumann na nGaedheal Kevin O'Higgins 22.7 15,918 Independent Bryan Cooper 13.4 9,378 Fianna Fáil Patrick Belton 12.5 8,751 Labour Thomas Johnson 6.1 4,257 4,539 4,613 4,633 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7,983 Fianna Fáil Seán MacEntee 6.1 4,238 4,251 4,254 4,339 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9,370 Independent John Good 6.0 4,204 4,635 5,732 5,739 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8,152 Cumann na nGaedheal Desmond FitzGerald 5.6 3,902 8,754 Labour Patrick Curran 4.2 2,926 2,973 3,000 3,033 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4,505 Labour William Norton 3.5 2,440 2,574 2,594 2,603 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Sinn Féin Kathleen Lynn 2.8 1,937 1,954 1,960 1,977 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A National League Henry Harrison 2.7 1,919 1,982 2,082 2,086 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Fianna Fáil Seán Brady 2.3 1,636 1,647 1,652 2,337 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A National League John McCabe 2.3 1,610 1,683 1,706 1,711 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Cumann na nGaedheal Batt O'Connor 2.3 1,602 3,070 3,134 3,136 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 6,505 Independent Mary Guinness 2.0 1,413 1,556 1,675 1,684 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Cumann na nGaedheal John Rooney 1.8 1,263 1,801 1,826 1,833 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Fianna Fáil Robert Brennan 1.4 1,009 1,016 1,019 1,075 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Independent Denis Byrne 1.4 994 1,017 1,030 1,038 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Fianna Fáil James F. Morris 0.5 378 382 383 396 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A National League Gerald Tench 0.5 315 339 349 352 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Electorate: 110,480[34] Valid: 70,090 Quota: 7,788 Turnout: 63.2%
1926 by-election edit A by-election was held on 18 February 1926 to fill the seat in the 4th Dáil which had been vacated by the death of the Independent TD Darrell Figgis . It was won by the Labour Party candidate William Norton . Norton's win was the first by a Labour Party candidate at any by-election since the establishment of the First Dáil . Labour would next win a seat from another party in a by-election 72 years later, when Seán Ryan won the Dublin North by-election in March 1998.
1924 by-election edit A by-election was held on 19 March 1924 to fill the seat in the 4th Dáil which had been left vacant by the death of the Cumann na nGaedheal TD Michael Derham . It was won for Cumann na nGaedheal by Batt O'Connor .
1924 by-election : Dublin County[8] [12] [33] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 Cumann na nGaedheal Batt O'Connor 39.0 16,456 18,353 24,491 Republican Seán MacEntee 24.3 10,263 11,760 12,679 Businessmen's Party Matthew Good 21.7 9,158 9,705 Labour Archie Heron 14.9 6,287 Electorate: 98,187 Valid: 42,164 Quota: 21,083 Turnout: 42.9%
1923 general election edit 1923 general election : Dublin County[8] [11] [33] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Cumann na nGaedheal Kevin O'Higgins 36.3 20,821 Independent Bryan Cooper 7.2 4,128 4,585 4,779 4,781 4,785 4,940 4,978 4,993 5,018 5,107 5,155 5,160 5,286 5,300 5,314 5,440 6,369 Labour Thomas Johnson 6.8 3,911 4,253 4,345 4,371 4,409 4,415 4,529 5,110 5,155 5,293 5,359 5,421 5,591 5,611 5,753 6,399 Cumann na nGaedheal Desmond FitzGerald 6.3 3,615 12,180 Businessmen's Party John Good 5.6 3,238 3,642 3,829 3,832 3,841 3,912 3,958 3,963 4,008 4,078 4,115 4,123 4,287 4,303 4,315 4,387 6,896 Republican Kathleen Lynn 5.3 3,064 3,085 3,086 3,180 3,183 3,190 3,241 3,304 3,318 3,357 3,372 4,267 4,313 4,316 7,532 Independent Darrell Figgis 5.1 2,923 3,563 3,952 3,955 3,972 4,030 4,296 4,353 4,442 4,633 4,752 4,779 5,151 5,214 5,271 5,455 5,673 Independent David Barry 4.4 2,539 2,913 3,086 3,088 3,096 3,416 3,441 3,447 3,480 3,533 3,559 3,567 3,820 3,852 3,863 3,943 Republican Seán MacEntee 4.1 2,350 2,372 2,374 2,513 2,515 2,515 2,545 2,568 2,571 2,625 2,643 3,664 3,714 3,719 Cumann na nGaedheal Michael Derham 3.5 1,986 2,731 4,836 4,843 5,033 5,058 5,118 5,172 5,329 5,464 5,978 6,001 6,646 Republican Conn Murphy 3.3 1,905 1,925 1,931 2,060 2,067 2,069 2,094 2,119 2,129 2,178 2,189 Farmers' Party John Rooney 2.7 1,530 1,768 1,826 1,848 1,852 1,858 1,880 1,894 2,331 2,430 2,526 2,557 Independent John P. McCabe 1.4 815 1,020 1,087 1,093 1,104 1,116 1,158 1,198 1,225 Labour Bernard Kavanagh 1.4 810 898 924 933 939 944 990 Farmers' Party John Fitzsimons 1.2 676 1,019 1,072 1,076 1,085 1,096 1,118 1,128 Independent James Ashe 1.2 663 708 728 728 728 Cumann na nGaedheal Batt O'Connor 1.2 658 1,517 2,920 2,924 3,187 3,198 3,239 3,265 3,368 3,452 4,485 4,530 4,745 4,864 4,948 4,998 5,057 Independent George Gavan Duffy 1.1 653 812 876 882 896 912 Republican Philip Ryan 0.8 466 474 475 Cumann na nGaedheal Michael W. O'Reilly 0.8 459 1,233 1,801 1,811 1,894 1,898 1,922 1,947 2,021 2,125 Cumann na nGaedheal Seán B. Healy 0.3 153 291 688 688 Electorate: 97,167 Valid: 57,363 Quota: 6,374 Turnout: 59.0%
1922 general election edit 1922 general election : Dublin County[8] [10] [33] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Independent Darrell Figgis 29.0 15,087 Labour Thomas Johnson 15.9 8,220 Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) George Gavan Duffy 13.3 6,918 8,735 Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Margaret Pearse 9.3 4,826 4,859 4,940 4,964 5,093 5,297 5,393 5,529 5,579 Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Desmond FitzGerald 8.3 4,308 5,413 5,686 6,255 6,544 8,069 Farmers' Party John Rooney 7.1 3,697 6,183 6,233 6,476 6,622 6,874 6,953 9,662 Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Michael Derham 5.7 2,961 3,118 3,204 3,272 4,283 5,093 5,451 5,945 7,113 Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Séamus Dwyer 5.0 2,603 2,986 3,067 3,164 3,256 Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Peter O'Kelly 3.2 1,644 1,734 1,905 1,974 Independent John P. McCabe 3.1 1,613 3,217 3,283 3,536 3,641 3,918 4,042 Electorate: 79,174 Valid: 51,877 Quota: 7,412 Turnout: 65.5%
1921 general election edit In the 1921 general election to the 2nd Dáil , no constituencies were contested. As in other constituencies, all 6 candidates in County Dublin were returned unopposed.
See also edit References edit ^ "Government of Ireland Act 1920: Fifth Schedule" . legislation.gov.uk The National Archives . Retrieved 27 May 2022 .^ "Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 4)" . Historical Documents . Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.^ Electoral Act 1923 , 8th Sch.: Constituencies (No. 12 of 1923, 8th Sch. ). Act of the Oireachtas . Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 February 2009.^ Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 , 1st Sch.: Revised constituencies (No. 5 of 1935, 1st Sch. ). Act of the Oireachtas . Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 February 2009.^ Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930 (No. 27 of 1930 ). Act of the Oireachtas . Retrieved from Irish Statute Book .^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 , 1st Sch.: Constituencies (No. 31 of 1947, 1st Sch. ). Act of the Oireachtas . Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 February 2009.^ Local Government (Dublin) (Amendment) Act 1940, s. 4: Inclusion of Howth urban district in Dublin city (No. 21 of 1940, s. 4 ). Enacted on 10 July 1940. Act of the Oireachtas . Retrieved from Irish Statute Book .; Local Government (Dublin) (Amendment) Act 1940 (Appointed Day) Order 1942 (S.I. No. 372 of 1942 ). Signed on 20 August 1942. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland . Retrieved from Irish Statute Book . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92 . Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8 ISSN 0332-0286 . ^ a b "General election 1921: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "General election 1922: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "General election 1923: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "By-election 1924: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "By-election 1926: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 13 February 2009 .^ a b "General election June 1927: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "By-election 1927: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 13 February 2009 .^ a b "General election September 1927: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "By-election 1930: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 1 September 2018 .^ a b "General election 1932: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "General election 1933: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "By-election 1935: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "General election 1937: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "General election 1938: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "General election 1943: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "General election 1944: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ "By-election 1947: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ "General election 1948: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ "General election 1951: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "General election 1954: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "General election 1957: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "General election 1961: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 11 February 2009 .^ a b "General election 1965: Dublin County" . ElectionsIreland.org . Retrieved 12 February 2009 .^ a b c d Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2 . Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343 ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis . PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815 ^ a b Walker (1992) lists the size of the electorate in Dublin County as 110,840 in June 1927 and 100,840 in September 1927. The scale of difference in such a sort period of time and the fact that difference is a exactly 10,000 suggests that one or other of these figures may be the result of a typographical error. External links edit 